Lens are currently occupying second spot in the Ligue 1 standings, having collected 36 points from 15 games, just five adrift of leaders Paris Saint-Germain, while Nice are sitting...

Nice will host Lens in a Ligue 1 fixture at Allianz Riviera on Thursday night.

Spurs also defeated Leeds United 4-3 in their most recent Premier League matchup to enter Christmas fourth in the standings.

The visitors have won three of their last five games and are slowly starting to move up in the table. With 19 points from 14 games, Nice are currently placed ninth.

Lyon are placed eight, with 20 points from 14 games, while Nice are a point and a place below with 19 points from the same amount of matches.

Both teams had a lot of offensive intent throughout the game on September 16 but failed to find the decisive breakthrough.

The Thursday night clash in Group D at Allianz Riviera will see two teams with contrasting forms taking on each other.

Nice will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in the second leg of their Europa conference League qualifying playoff at the Allianz Riviera on Thursday.

Nice and Fulham will be taking on each other in a pre-season encounter on Saturday at the Estadio Algarve.

The prolific French forward remains in doubt for Paris Saint-Germain's next clash against Real Madrid in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg.